Bronx, N.Y. - Eight Seawolves pitchers combined on a four-hitter and the Stony Brook University baseball team scored seven runs in the fourth inning on its way to a 13-1 win over the Fordham Rams on Tuesday at Houlihan Park. The Seawolves have won nine of 10 and are 11-5.
Freshman Brandon McNitt (Chino Hills, Calif.) started and pitched 2.0 scoreless innings for Stony Brook. McNitt allowed a hit in each of first two innings but escaped each time by inducing a ground ball double play. The Seawolves bullpen then did not give up a hit until there were two outs in the eighth.
The eight SBU pitchers combined to walk just two and allowed just an unearned run. Sophomores G.C. Yerry (West Shokan, N.Y.) and Jasvir Rakkar (Brampton, Ontario) and freshman Joshua Mason (Woodland Hills, Calif.) each pitched a perfect inning of relief for Stony Brook.
The Seawolves jumped on top with a run in the second on a run-scoring single from Mason but Fordham tied it with an unearned run in the third.
But Stony Brook exploded for the seven runs in the fourth to take control of the game. Junior Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) and sophomores William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) and Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) each had two-run doubles in the inning.
The Seawolves tacked on three runs in the fifth, loading the bases with one out. Cantwell then scored on a wild pitch and senior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly from sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario). Tissenbaum came home with the final run of the inning on a Fordham error.
Sophomore Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.) went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI to lead the Seawolves. Cantwell added two hits for Stony Brook, which finished with 11 hits.
The Seawolves return to action this weekend, traveling to Army for a four-game series.
